about whether homosexuality was un african. and for us, we were really interested in kind of unpacking that there are african people who live these different lives, in these different ways. and also, not so different. that they re very much like everybody else in all of these lovely and wonderful ways, and also forced to be oppressed in these horrible and very violent ways. in violent ways. so the people who experience violence when people knew about their homosexuality. absolutely. and especially experiencing violence, notjust from their immediate family, but also from the general society. so you say that people see homosexuality in africa as being un african. and i have to say that the kenyan film classification board in 2014 described your film as an obscenity with explicit scenes of sexual activity. it said it promoted homosexuality, which is contrary to kenya s national norms and values.
yeah, around the time when we were kind of beginning the process of stories of our lives, there was a lot of talk in uganda. and whenever there s talk in uganda, it ll always kind of waft across the border, this way, around talking about whether homosexuality was an african. and for us, we were really interested in kind of unpacking that there are african people who live these different lives, in these different ways. and also, not so different. that they re very much like everybody else in all of these lovely and wonderful ways, and also forced to be oppressed in these horrible and very violent ways. in violent ways. so the people who experience violence when people knew about their homosexuality. absolutely. and especially experiencing violence, notjust from their immediate family, but also from the general society. so you say that people see homosexuality in africa as being un african. and i have to say that the kenyan film classification board in 2014 described your film as an obsc
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